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AUGU T , 1968 VOL. V, NO. 2 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, COLLEGE OF LAW LAW CENTER BUILDING DEDIC A1TIO ~ Plan are beinu formulated for the dedication of the new Law Center Building on Febr:ary l , 1969. The dedicatory address will be delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren on the afternoon of February 1, a aturday. This main event will be preceded by a lecture and panel discus ion on a legal subject of current interest during the morning. It is tentatively planned to hold a ocial hour and banquet on the evening of February 1 or January 31. The Dedication will also be our Law R eunion ob ervance for 1969. Please mark this date on your calendar. Gainesville motels are accepting re ervation . Water Law Center - University of Florida The College of Law has received a federal grant to support the e tab ii hment of a Center of Competence in Water Law in the Ea tern nited State . The Office of Water R esource R esearch of the United tates De partment of the Interior will provide 71,381 toward a total project cost of $75,145 for the coming year. Dean Frank E. Maloney will act as Principal Inve tigator for the project. The taff of the new Center will review major English language literature ources and locate and index all In recent state-wide competition Florida's Moot Court team took both significant articles, books and monograph pertinent to water law in the first and second place . T eam members and their team placing are: (Left geographical area east of the Mi si sippi River. In addition to indexing to Right) first row, J am es P adgett, Alternate; Donald Hall, 2nd; oel Na thi material so as to make it readily available through computerized tion, 1st; Second Row, Michael Bryant, 1st; Preston Cockey, 2nd; Prof. data storage techniques, Center personnel will prepare abstracts of arti C. Dent Bostick, Faculty Advisor. cles of particular merit fo r storage on magnetic tape at a central Water Re sources Scientific Information Center. The information thu collected, along with information on other phases of water resource activity compiled HOMECOMING 1968 at other centers of competence, will be made available a a public service ovember 1st and 2nd are the dates set for this year's Homecoming by the Office of Water Resource R esearch. The Florida Center will be acfr.-iti at tha U:fr;crsity of Florida ::md the College of Law. In October, the only such center collecting nd ?.n lyzine W ,1.tPr l ,aw information dur local beauties will vie for the seat of royalty in the Homecoming Sweet ing the coming year. heart Contest, the winner to be crowned at Gator Growl. Homecoming activities will begin in earnest November 1st, featuring Professor Boyer Departs Law School the traditional parade in the early afternoon. That night, Florida Blue K ey and Mortar Board member and their invited guests will be partici An unfortunate aftermath to the assas ination of Dr. Martin Luther pants in the traditional banquets and other activities. Following the King was th e loss to the law school of Spencer H. Boyer, a highly quali banquets, Gator Growl, the world's largest student show and pep rally, fi ed vi siting professor. will be presented with the u sual free admission. Informed sources indicate On the evening of April 4, following the news of the assassination of that this show will include some outstanding talent. This year's Master Dr. King, Professor Boyer received an anonymous phone call threatening of Ceremonies is a yet unselected, but several top ente rtainment person his life and that of his family. Professor Boyer wa greatly di turbed by alities are expected to accept pending final selection. this and conferred with the D ean and other faculty members on Friday, Saturday morning, ovember 2nd, will be kicked off with Legal Fra April 5. ternity breakfa ts and functions. The traditional Law School Skits, bane Several of those he talked with, including D ean Frank Maloney, felt to the existence of personalities in the news, will be held on schedule he could stay with safety and urged him to do so. Profe sor Boyer and at the old law building. D epending on the construction progress, an open some of his other colleagues believed that the risk was too great. H e hou e and guided tour of the new building are expected to be scheduled decided , therefo re, to return to his law school at Howard University in prior to the skits. Ron Walker, President of the J ohn Mar hall Bar As- Washington , D.C. ociation has promised th e sh ow to be "bigger and buggier than ever." In the hope of reversing Professor Boyer' decision to leave Gaine ville, Following the skits, a convenient Alumni Bar B-Q will be held to allow Dean Malan y twice talked with him at length by telephone. Professor time to enjoy the skits, eat, and comfortably make KICKOFF time. Boyer, after consultation with his colleagues in Washington , decided not to After the Gator annihilation of the Auburn Tigers, Gainesville will open return to the University of Florida. its doors to make your weekend complete. The Homecoming Committee Both the student body and the faculty were outraged at the events is in the midst of preparing complete factual information for all the that provoked Professor Boyer's de parture and regretted bis leaving. H e activities to be carried on and will send a brochure containing this infor had made many friends at the College, and he and hi wife had been mation to all alumni. cordially received. AUGUST, 1968 PAGE Two LAW CENTER NEWS Faculty Notes ... The University of Florida Professor R . C. Be rry is tea ching and serving at Princeton as As ociate Director fo r the Association of American Law School ' Orienta Law Center News tion Program in Ameri can Law for foreign lawyers again this ummer. Professor Fletcher Baldwin is a lso participating in this program. Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor Professor V. W. Clark spent part of the summer with the newly created Florida Law R evi sion Commission , which has its h eadquarters ALAN GREER D AN HONEYWELL a t the n ew Coll ege of Law. H e h ad a successful eye operation in J uly a nd is recuperating at home. A ssociate Editor Associate Editor Professor H. 0 . Enwall has been a ctive on the Florida Bar's Sub RICK STANLEY WALT M cCRORY Committee on Rules of Procedure in Criminal Ca es. Professor J. J. Freela nd pa rticipa ted in the 14th Annual T ax I nstitute Faculty Advisor at the Unive rsity of Iowa, College of L a w, May 2-4, 1968. The subject LEONARD s. POWERS of Professor Freeland's addres was the A pplication of General Cor porate Tax Provisions to Sub-chapter S Corporations, and it i p ublished in 14 Iowa Tax Proceedings (1968). Professor E. L. Hunt attended the La w School Admission T est Coun cil's 1968 m eeting in Montreal May 30-June 2, 1968. Professor J . W . Little is spending this ummer in research at the From the Dean ... Unive rsity of Michigan Highway Safety R esearch In titute. Professor R. C. L. M offat was elected to membership .in th e Amer The a pproach of a new academic year i an appropriate time to report ica n Society for Poli ti cal and Legal Philosophy. to you on som e of the accompli shments of the school during the past year D ean Frank E. M aloney participated in the National Conference and the chall nges that it fa es in 1968-69. on E ducation in the Professional R esponsibilities of the L awyer which The 1967-68 y a r has been a good one, although it started with a num was conducted in Boulde r, Colorado, during the period June 10 to 13, ber of uncertaintie . The n w academic building was under construction, 1968. D ean Maloney, Professor Fletch er Baldwin, and Profes or h el bu t constructi on was substantially behind scheduJ e and it was uncertain don J . Flager of the niversity of Illinois published an a rticle entitled wh ther the building would be r ead y for oc "Water Pollution - Attempts to D econtamina te Florida Law" in Vol. 20, cupa ncy in th fall of 1968. The College of N o. 2 of the U niversity of Florida Law R eview. D ean Malon ey and Law along with the re t of the University was Professor Plager also wrote "Eme rging Patterns for Regulation of Con a bout to move to the quarter system of opera sumptive Use of Water in the E astern United State " appearing in Vol. tion, and it was uncertain how this program 43 of Indiana La w J ournal 383. T h ey are also the authors of "Con woul d work. B ecau e of financial problems, it trolling Wate rfron t Development" in Stud ies in Public Administration, wa uncertain whether the College would be o. 30, University of Florida. able to offer an adequate fourth quarter pro Associate D ean L. S. P owers presented a paper entitled " The R ole gra m in the summer of 1968. R eductions in the of the Law S chools in the Training of L egal Specialist " at the S eminar University budget would apparently freeze the on Specialization in the Legal Profession h eld on M ay 4 as a par t of the size of the faculty at a time when the student 1968 Law Reunion.